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A team at #BinghamtonUniversity has demonstrated that hidden #triggerwords inserted maliciously into #largelanguagemodels (#LLMs) could cause a #robot to go off-script and perform dangerous actions.

Read on: https://t.co/yPrjZ8vSc6

#AdnanSirajRakin #ShiqiZhang

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Throughout its 24-year run, the #CreatetheFutureDesignContest has showcased #futuretechnologies certain to make tomorrow brighter. This year’s event — held 11/6 in NYC — continued that tradition.

Watch all entries & see who took home the $25K Grand Prize: https://t.co/XUJuRefZU7

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A Wearable Solar Device Harvests Sunlight to Power Electronics

To lighten soldiers’ loads, SOLED provides an alternative to the 20-plus pounds of batteries used to power mission electronics.

Learn more: https://t.co/ulGuw92707

#FloridaInternationalUniversity #FIU #DanielaRadu

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On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology #podcast, #MyDefence North American President and CEO #BillOstrowski discusses the company's latest developments in #AIpowereddronedetection.

Listen now: https://t.co/ncqwHFEuJL

#AerospaceandDefenseTechnology #WoodrowBellamy

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Thermodynamics applies to myriad topics in science and engineering. How much do you know about thermodynamics? Find out with this quiz.

Take now: https://t.co/z038MY7UzN

#HappyFriday #thermodynamics #physics #heat #work #temperature #energy #entropy #physicalproperties

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Watch this #video to learn about 3 new #robotdesigns: #Solving a giant #RubiksCube using only its feet, #swimming through a watery maze, and improving the #diagnosis and #treatment of #smallintestinedisorders.

https://t.co/uCZ2XYB5x7

#ETHZürich #MIT #UTSouthwesternMedicalCenter

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Machines from Mars Make #Beer Bubbly

#CarbonCaptureTechnology repurposed for #breweries spreads and finds new #applications.

Read on to learn more: https://t.co/s1d0IwLzXo

#MaineBeerCompany #DaveLove #PioneerAstronautics #RobertZubrin #PioneerEnergy #AmyGeorge #EarthlyLabs

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How #Robots Are #Revolutionizing #HerniaSurgery

#Surgeons successfully completed 39 complex #lateralabdominalwall hernia repairs using #roboticsurgery, without converting any procedure to #opensurgery.

Learn more: https://t.co/BUofrkS4zl

#HebrewUniversity #TelAvivUniversity

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#5Ws of an #AutonomousAirship

Who: Founded in 2022, a #Frenchstartup is building autonomous #hydrogenpoweredairships for #aerialinspection of #criticalinfrastructure.

Learn the other four Ws below.

#TechBriefs #HyLighter #HyLight #LiDAR #cameras #DGAC #EASA #BVLOS

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#RiceUniversity Researchers Design Flexible #PorousMaterial to Boost #SolidStateBatteries

Researchers built a #metalorganicframework (#ZnBTCA) using a flexible #aliphaticlinker, making the #electrolyte softer so it conforms better to #electrodesurfaces.

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#JohnsHopkinsUniversity engineers have created #robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to #delivermedicine to #infections inside a #heart. The bots could also be used to less invasively and more precisely treat other diseases.

https://t.co/KjYoSKH1gm

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Engineering a Lighter IndyCar #AntiRollBarAdjuster

Converting the #ArrowMcLarenIndyCarTeam's machined 7075 #aluminum anti-roll bar adjuster to a #molded #XycompDLF #thermoplasticcomposite produced a 64g weight savings per car w/o sacrificing performance.

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#Robots Enter the #Womb to Save #HighRiskTwins

“Even the very steady hand of an experienced #surgeon causes the #fetoscope to wobble slightly. Our #roboticplatform stabilizes the tip and holds it much more steadily at the desired location.”

https://t.co/nULAJVlKAO

#ETHZurich

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On this #AerospaceandDefenseTechnology #podcast, we feature remarks from an #AUSA2026 panel on #integratedautonomy in warfighting. #DrAlexanderMiller and #BGAnthonyGibbs, #USArmy, discuss how the Army is approaching #autonomoussystemsdevelopment and more.

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How Much Do You Know About the History of Boeing's 737 #Jet?

The 737 is one of the most recognizable #airplane models in the history of #commercialaviation. How much do you know about the history of #Boeing737 program? Test your knowledge with this #quiz: https://t.co/5U8OulcyAM

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Accelerating #ElectricRaceCar Development Through #MultiphysicsSimulation

A #technical #collaboration between #COMSOL and #FormulaE brings multiphysics simulation, #digitaltwins, and #AIassistedmodeling to #electric #racing.

Learn more about it: https://t.co/LHcAIYHRn2

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New #Robot Hops Over #Obstacles Using Snapping #ElasticRods

The #snappingmechanism could also help robots move across uneven terrain, on land and in water.

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#UCLA #UniversityofMichigan #DezhongTong #KhalidJawed

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A #UniversityofMissouri team's using #AI to uncover hidden clues among the #bacteria living in the #humangut, including changes that could one day help #detect #diseases earlier. Read on to learn more about #MetricLearningforStatisticalInference (#MeLSI): https://t.co/WOAfKmPPQw

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On this episode of the #AerospaceandDefenseTechnology #podcast, we speak with #SaleelAwsare, President and CEO of #Lantronix, about the company's new #Spotter #embeddedcomputingplatform, unveiled during #AUSA2026.

Listen now: https://t.co/9MYqYSWxXb

#WoodrowBellamy #computegap

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#InfineonTechnologies AG radiation-hardened #HiRelpowerdevices are aboard the #NancyGraceRomanSpaceTelescope, which lifted off from #KennedySpaceCenter in Florida, marking the successful launch of #NASA's next flagship #spaceobservatory.

Learn more: https://t.co/jk3hAqKEue